AGENDA

NBDC Stakeholder Forum

5-7 October 2011

	Day 1 Stakeholder Forum	Day 2 NBDC Coordination Meeting	Day 3 NBDC Project Meetings:
0900	Opening and Brief welcomes aims of the meeting Dr. Fentahun Mengistu (DG, ARARI) Tilahun Amede H.E. Ayalew Gobeze (President of Amhara Regional State)	Opening by Tilahun (5 mins) Quick sharing exercise - Peter (10 mins) Most Significant Change stories- presentation (facilitated by Pamela Pali)	CPWF feedback on progress - Tilahun (10 mins) Brief Site Updates: Diga, Fogera, Jeldu - presentation Individual meetings of different project teams Nile 2 - Notes Nile 3 - Notes Nile 5 - Notes
0930	Session 1: Rainwater Management in the Blue Nile Basin: Challenges, Solutions, Evidence Chair: Simon Langan, IWMI Introductory 'scene setting' session - past, present, future. Each presenter 10 minutes each (5 slides) Institutional dimension: Policies, governance Drivers of change across scales Rainwater Management and System productivity Land and water management: Pertinent issues Small scale irrigation - benefits and challenges Watershed management experiences	Most Significant Change stories for CPWF - Notes (facilitated by Pamela Pali)	Individual meetings of different project teams
1030 Break
11:00	Session 2: Rainwater Management round table: Promising Solutions from Ethiopia Chair: Simon Langan, IWMI Brief (5 minute) contributions from different projects presenting different 'solutions, evidence, and gaps/issues/constraints) based on a strict template. SWISHA HA - ARARI Rainwater management/water harvesting in Southern Ethiopia - Ermias Alemu, Arba Minch University SLM IPMS / Lives ARARI	Cross-project and cross-discipline integration via thematic working groups (concept, actions, roles, plans) - Peter on process [60 mins] Innovation platforms L2i - notes Spatial analysis and modeling - notes RMS - notes	Project meetings End the session (12:00) with a quick feedback from each project Close
1230 Lunch		13:00	12:30
1400	Session 3: Rainwater Management research: Testing the solutions and the evidence Chair: Dr. Birru Yitaferu In parallel groups, review current evidence on each issue, seeking promising results and solutions for the NBDC. Provisional groups include: poverty, gender, livelihoods - Katherine Snyder land and water management - Enyew Adgo scaling up tools and methods - An Notenbaert innovation platforms, alliances etc - Kees Swaans climate change and water - Simon Langan watershed management, soils, land - GIZ Bahar Dar Session 3 notes	Happy Strategies' game - Catherine, An, Lisa, Peter Pilot and test/validation of this game that helps associate technical options with landscapes to derive strategies.	Field Trip Fogera Site
1530 Break			Field Trip Fogera Site
1600 1700	Session 4: Synthesis and Next Steps Chair: Bharat Sharma BRIEF group feedback - 'Solutions' and 'Evidence' Plenary discussion Closing	Coordination / Capacity building / M&E / Communications [45 mins] Closing - Tilahun [5 mins]	Field Trip Fogera Site
1730	Cocktails and Social

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